I apologize, again, if it's a bit out-of-character in some parts and rushed in others. Still trying to get the hang of it, so try to bear with me. (Is it bear? Oh well, haha) :D
Third Person
Katniss Everdeen looked at the Doctor like he was crazy. Well, in her mind, he was. In his mind though, and in Rose's, everything was normal… maybe a bit less normal than usual, but still normal.
"You know what this is like," Rose said, "it's like when we went to 200100 and we were put in those games, where you would supposedly get disintegrated. Of course, you just got transported." Rose looked at the Doctor. "That was when you looked different."
The Doctor smiled and Rose and nodded. "Yup. And you have no idea how mad I was when I thought you had been disintegrated."
Rose smiled. They were now sitting side by side with their hands intertwined. Peeta jumped in. "You looked different?" he asked.
"Well I don't exactly die. I regenerate and get a new face and body. It's like cheating death. That's why you wouldn't be able to kill me. That and I have two hearts."
"T…Two hearts?" Katniss stammered. Then she realized something. "Wait. This should be on camera. But they haven't done anything to us…" she looked nervously at Peeta.
"Oh, that would be me," said the Doctor. "I made it so the cameras wouldn't be looking just before I came. I thought ahead! Now… how often does that happen?"
Rose laughed a little bit and leaned her head on his shoulder. For a second Katniss thought about rolling her eyes, but she decided against it because it could only make an enemy of Rose, and she wouldn't want that. The Doctor sniffed the air.
"There's gas, you don't want to go out there. You'll choke to death. But it'll seep in here, too, and then we would be dead… wait a second, why is there gas here in the first place?"
"The Gamemakers probably think something's up or maybe they got bored, so they'll try to kill or add excitement. Which, of course, includes people dying," Peeta said, wrinkling his nose.
"Well, then. That's what I'm here to stop. But we'll die unless we get out…" The Doctor thought for a second then exclaimed, "Oh! Good thing I have these…" He pulled out four gas masks.
"How did you fit all of these…?" asked Katniss.
"Science," said the Doctor and smiled like he had a secret. "Now put them on, we'll go to the Tardis and then to the Capitol!"
"But, we have to win," said Katniss. "We have to make it. We can't just leave. They'll find out! We're pretty much the main attraction in the Hunger Games this year, they'll definitely notice!"
"Oh, no, no, we can have you back here in no time. And who knows, if things go as planned, you won't have to come back!" the Doctor seemed too excited in Katniss's mind.
"Look, you're obviously not right in the head. So just go back to wherever you came from," Katniss said, getting tired of their games.
"Oh, I'd rather not go there," said the Doctor. They had just come from one of the most dangerous places they're been to, and all they wanted was some relaxation. Was that so much to ask?
"Well I assure you it's better than here," Peeta said.
The Doctor inspected them. He thought about something for a while, and Rose watched him think. Finally, the Doctor said, "Listen, I have a feeling you want this Capitol of yours to… go down, or something. Correct?" Katniss and Peeta exchanged looks. "You obviously do, since they're doing this to you. So I can help with that, I promise I can. Just come with me to the TARDIS, and I can prove to you that I can help. Now put on the masks or else this gas will go straight to your brain!" They all put on the masks.
Rose laughed a bit and looked at him. "Doctor," she said, nudging him slightly in the side.
"Hm?" he asked, looking over at her.
"Are you my mummy?"
They both started laughing, and Katniss and Peeta looked at them, again, like they were insane. "Did the gas seep through that mask and into your brain already?" Katniss asked.
"Oh, no, no, just an inside… joke," he said.
Then Katniss realized something important. "How come I couldn't smell the gas?" she asked.
Peeta nodded in agreement. "I was wondering that, too." He shifted, and let out a small sound of pain.
The Doctor took Peetas leg and inspected the wound. "I have some supplies that will help him in the TARDIS, just wait here for one second." He was off, and Rose was sitting there with the two of them.
"So," Rose said, "tell me more about the Hunger Games, and yourselves. And even Panem, if you like."
Katniss and Peeta exchanged glances. "Well," Peeta said slowly, "what do you want to know?"
Rose thought for a second then came up with what she wanted answered. "Explain the districts."
Katniss sighed then started to explain all about it. How there use to be thirteen and now twelve. She explained what the different districts did, choking up a little bit when she mentioned district eleven. She then explained what it was like living in twelve. For the finale, she explained the downfall of thirteen.
"So, this… Rue, you mentioned… What's the story with her?" Rose asked, fiddling with her hands slightly.
Katniss took a shaky breath and Peeta put his arm around her. "She was Prim's age, only twelve. She had helped me get down from a tree that… well, the Careers were keeping me in. She pointed out a tracker jacker nest, and I cut off the branch and threw the nest down onto them, which helped me get my bow. I got stung multiple times, too, and was hallucinating. Rue helped me with the stings, because they can be deadly. She also watched out for me while I slept. It was days that I slept, two or three, working out the venom. I fed her a bird I shot and told her that Careers aren't the only ones who can form alliances.
"So I found out how the Careers were keeping their food, and how they had wired bombs around it, so you needed the perfect combination of footsteps… Rue distracted them by lighting a fire while I blew up the food and supplies by shooting a bad of apples." Katniss took a shaky breath. "It's my fault she died. I was looking for her, and we had a whistle that the mockingjays would repeat so we knew we were okay. They didn't repeat hers, only mine. I heard her calling my name… I ran to her, and she was in a net." Katniss took another shaky breath.
"I had just gotten her out of the net, just got her to safety, when someone came out from behind the trees. I shot him, but just before I had he threw a spear. It… it went through Rue's chest." Katniss bit back the tears and took a big breath. "I… I held her while she died, and I sung to her… I closed her eyes when the cannon fired. I decided I couldn't just leave her there like that, though, so… I picked some wildflowers and laid them around her. I laced them through her hair… there were hundreds of flowers, all around her and on her." This time Katniss let a tear slip. She quickly rubbed it away.
She cleared her throat. "But those are the games," she said in a stronger tone, "and that's what happens. Innocent children put in this arena to die, to kill. It's monstrous."
Rose nodded in agreement and wiped her own tear off her cheek. "I can't imagine… I mean, I have seen people around me die because it's just what the Doctor and I have to deal with… but a child, I've never…"
Just then the Doctor rushed in. He considered asking, "Woa, who died?" but thought better of it because of where they were. He had done more thinking lately, and he had to say it was for the best. "Alright, Peeta," he said instead, "your leg, please." He got in position and started to heal Peetas leg. "Oh, and about the gas. I hadn't forgotten. It's a gas not exactly from Earth. It's deadly to all kinds, even me. But only a select few species can actually spell it. Humans can't, Time Lords can. And there you go, Peeta, good as new! Well, almost. Well, actually, not really at all. But I can assure you it will work as if nothing happened. But new… not so much. You will probably feel a bit of pain later on, but that's normal. Oh, and the gas is gone, you can take off your masks."
Rose smiled while the Doctor continuously corrected himself. For some reason that was one of the things she loved about him. Of course, not saying she loved him, she meant… well, she was saying… 'Ah, forget it,' she thought.
"Alright then!" the Doctor said, "Allons-y!"
"Wait," Katniss said. The Doctor looked at her. "We better stay here."
"What do you mean?" asked the Doctor. "Don't you want to get out of there?"
Katniss looked at Peeta, then down at her hands, then back up at the doctor. "Well, they'll know if we're gone. And by what you told me, you're not going to want to do what you're going to do and then come back to drop us off, it wouldn't make sense." She thought for a long time. "We'll start a distraction. Like I said, we're the main parts of the show, the whole star-crossed lover thing. We'll do more. Heck, the whole thing with Rue probably got even more attention. If we do more things, bigger each time… well, they won't be able to tear their eyes from the screen. The capitol loves their games."
"So what you're saying is, you'll cause an uproar here so they'll be distracted, so Rose and I can get what we need to be done… done." The Doctor smiled a huge, goofy smile at Katniss, turned to Rose, and said, "Did you hear that?" Rose nodded with an equally big grin and nodded. The Doctor turned back to Katniss and kissed her forehead. Katniss pulled back a bit, not liking the familiar action done by a stranger. "That's brilliant!" the Doctor exclaimed.
Katniss couldn't help but smile at the small praise, even though it wasn't a big deal. She just didn't want to deal with them any more than she had to. Of course, she also wanted to help them if they were what they said they were.
"Well," said the Doctor, "we best get going to the TARDIS." He took Rose's hand. "Katniss, Peeta, we'll come back for you and the remaining tributes when we're done doing what needs to be done. Huh, try saying that when you're drunk. Anyway, off we go!"
"You guys might want to watch us leave, if you still have any suspicions," Rose added, smiling her tongue-y smile.
Katniss watched them get into the box, amazed they could both fit. Before closing the door, the Doctor said, "Bigger on the inside! Like my pockets!" then closed the door.
Peeta and Katniss stood together, holding hands, amazed as they watched the TARDIS fade out of sight with the same noise Katniss heard it coming.
"Quick, Peeta, inside. Act like nothing happened, and that we didn't know about the cameras," Katniss said. Peeta walked into the fort and Katniss followed. "Cover your leg," she said. He followed orders. She put her hand on his forehead. "You still have a slight fever," she said, "we'll focus on that."
She kissed him right as the cameras came on.
So I'm not exactly sure about the whole Rue thing. I don't have my book with me (my friend is borrowing it) and I just saw the movie yesterday, so if some of it is a bit mixed up, I'm sorry ): I tried my best and dug through my brain with all my effort.
Another thing, do you like how I added the "are you my mummy"? xD I really wanted the gas masks there for that reason (although the pocket things might have been odd, but at least he came prepared, yeah?), but that gas isn't only so I could get that joke in, haha :)
Please review, it helps keep me going :D